Category Archives: European Commission Funding (FP7)

Ideas & Information on European Commission FP7 Funding Programme and Calls

FP7 Expected Funding Calls and Deadlines – 2012

COOPERATION Health Official call identifier Thematic Domain Expected publication Date Expected Deadline Further information FP7-HEALTH-2013 Health July 2012 Sept/Oct 2012 Contact NCP Orientation Paper Food Agri Biotech Official call identifier Thematic Domain Expected publication Date Expected Deadline Further information FP7-KBBE-2013-7 … Continue reading

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JumpStart – Funding for London SMEs

JumpStart Managed by: London Development Agency What is it for? Support for innovative business projects‚ Who can apply? London based SMEs‚   What is available? Various – see below Details The aim of Jumpstart is to encourage organisations to improve … Continue reading

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SPIE Photonics Europe – 16-19 April 2012 – Free Entry!

A presentation on the new European Commission framework programme Horizon 2020 will lead off talks at the upcoming SPIE Photonics Europe international congress on materials, nanotechnology, biophotonics, semiconductors, lasers, multimedia, and imaging. Offering more than 1,400 technical presentations, a free-admission … Continue reading

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R&D tax credits – Every little helps…

R&D tax credits are an incentive in the form of tax relief for companies of all sizes to raise their investment in R&D. The tax credits work by allowing companies to deduct qualifying expenditure on R&D activities when calculating their … Continue reading

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The Seventh Annual Public Conference of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing

The Seventh Annual Public Conference of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing will take place from 29 to 30 March 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. The event will feature presentations from a wide variety of textile … Continue reading

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New Innovation Partnerships – the key to the competitive European Union

The European Commission suggests redoubling the efforts on innovation, in three key areas for future growth and employment: the supply of raw materials, sustainable agriculture, and active and healthy ageing. To do so, the Commission has set up two new … Continue reading

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European Commission (EC) Microloans for Businesses and Individuals

The EU does not directly provide microloans (loans up to €25 000) to individuals or businesses, but provides guarantees, loans and equity to intermediaries who can then lend to small businesses or make available equity finance. As a (future) entrepreneur … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals – Theme 4 – NMP – Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies – SMEs 2012 – FP7-NMP-2012-SME-6

The objective of the Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP) work programme is to improve the competitiveness of European industry and   generate knowledge to ensure its transformation from a   resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive industry, by generating step   changes … Continue reading

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FP7 Model Grant Agreement and other useful documents in 22 EU languages

The European Commission adopted on 10 April 2007 the general model grant agreement to be used in research projects funded under the 7th Framework Programmes. This model grant agreement is applicable to the indirect actions under the ‘Cooperation’ and ‘Capacities’ … Continue reading

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FP7 Energy Call Part 2 (FP7-ENERGY-2012-2)

This is a general call focusing on research with a short-term horizon and on demonstration. Date of publication: 20 July 2011 Deadline: 8 March 2012 Indicative budget: EUR 81 million Activity and topics called Funding Schemes Indicative Budget (EUR million) … Continue reading

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